Chinese Smartphone Giant Xiaomi Added to U.S. Investment Blacklist
The U.S. Defense Department added the company to a list that the department says support China’s military.
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Everything You Needed to Know about Shareholder Activism
Justin Danhof’s is a lonely fight on a seemingly forgotten front of the widespread culture war.
The Capital Note: Yield Curve, Corporations & Climate
On the menu today: investors betting on a strong recovery, ESG everywhere, and Big Tech antitrust.
401(k) Plans Finally Can Invest in Private Equity, Leveling the Playing Field
Allowing retail investors to have access to private-equity funds will improve economic mobility.
The Capital Note: Individual Investors, Inflation & the Invisible Hand
The Role of Robinhood, Inflation-Adjusted Capital-Gains Taxes, Shakespeare's Influence on Adam Smith, and more.
ESG Investing and the Use of ‘Risk’
ESG investment strategies are riskier than advertised.
Putting the Muni in the Fed’s Munificence?
As long as Congress gives the Fed the flexibility to buy muni bonds at maturities greater than six months, the way rates play into it will get resolved.
A Faltering Recovery
The longer the lockdowns and other COVID-19-linked uncertainty last, the more damaging the consequences.
BlackRock Should Put Investors over Politics
Politically motivated shareholder activism violates the fiduciary responsibility of investment managers.
Unacknowledged, but ‘Socially Responsible’ Legislators
Asset managers seem to be stepping up to that role, as more and more of them turn their attention to “socially responsible” investing (SRI).